Shuffle board game



June 19, 1934. REICHARD 1,963,382

SHUFFLE BOARD GAME Filed April 17, 1933 fig Patented June 19, 1934UNITED" STATES PATENT. OFFICE SHUFFLE BOARD GAME Theophile Reichard,Alameda, Calif.

Application April 17, 1933, Serial No. 666,516

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in games and the object of myimprovement is to provide new markings for a shufile board. Furtherobjects are to provide improved discs for I the game, and a hooked cuewhich may be used to draw ofi the discs as well as to drive them.

The ordinary method of marking ofi shuilie boards upon the decks ofships and other places of amusement is unattractive both in design andcolor. These defects are overcome in my board which is usually madeabout 52 feet in length and colored green to relieve eye strain and givethe pleasing appearance of grass.

My method of marking the board makes possible a great number ofvariations in the play,

and provides for rules requiring more dexterity.

As the player gains in skill, he may play according to more diflicultrules and so continue to find amusement in the game. The geometricmarkings of the board have some educational value as well as beingattractive, and will give it an appeal to schools and colleges, forrecreational purposes.

The discs being hollowed on both sides produce an agreeable sound insliding and also in striking each other. Hollowing the under side of thediscs also decreases the area of friction and makes them slide moreeasily.

In the drawing:

Figure I is a top view of one end of the board with its markings,

Fig. II is a diminutive View of the entire board,

Fig. III is a side view of the hooked end of the cue,

Fig. IV is a side view of the entire cue,

Fig. V is an end view of the cue handle,

Fig. VI is a sectional view of a disc and a side view of the lower ordriving end of the cue, and

Fig. VII is top view of a disc.

The general field of the board may be of wood, concrete, or othersuitable material, and is preferably colored green. Upon each end of thefield 11 targets 12 are marked. These consist of a circle 13, anequilateral triangle 14 inscribed within it, a smaller circle 15concentric to the first, a second triangle 16 inscribed within it, acircle 17 inscribed within the second triangle, a square 18 inscribedwithin this circle, an inner circle 19, and a still further circle 20.Numerals 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 are marked upon the board toindicate the score of the shot, and are in colors corresponding to thecolor of the bands they indicate.

A little nearer to the center of the field 11 55 than the circulardesign described above is a tri- "i angle 21, a circle 22 inscribedWithin it, a square 23 inscribed within this circle, and an inner circle24 inscribed within the square. Scoring numerals 2, 3, 4, and 5 aremarked upon these figures to indicate the score.

The geometric figures are in wide bands to give an attractive coloreffect and to be more easily discernible from the playing end of thegame in which the six fundamental colors are made use of, the threeprimaries, yellow, red, and blue, and the three secondaries, orange,purple, and green. Only the outer edges of the bands are considered incounting the score.

The disc shown in Fig. VII and in Fig. V1 is hollowed out both on theupper and lower sideson the lower side to produce sound and to reducefriction, on the upper side to receive the end of the cue 25. Thecircular depression hollowed out in the upper surface 26 of the disc hasan opening less in diameter than it has deeper in the disc, whereby isprovided an annular overhang 29 engageable by the lower or driving endof the cue for preventing. the same from slipping out of the depressionin the disc during the manipulation of the cue for moving the disc Whileplaying the game.

The cue 25 has a trapezoidal cross section, and in driving the cue isheld with the wide portion down. At the handle the cue does not taper,but below the handle it tapers to make it light to handle. At the end ofthe cue is a hook 2''! for use in drawing the discs off the field, orinto position for making a shot.

For playing, the discs are placed in the rectangles 28, and by means ofthe cues driven toward the opposite end of the field. The nearer theplayer can place his disc to the center of the colored design at the endof the board, the higher his score, as indicated by the numerals markedupon the different bands of color. Players, at option, may elect toshoot at the triangular design alone or at the large circular one orchoose to play only the circles or triangles or play for a certain coloralone.

Miniature golf lost its popularity because of 100 the simplicity of thegame. My aim is to make shuflle board permanently attractive byproviding for the constant development of skill, by doing away withclumsy cues with shoes for shoving the discs, by making a pleasing field105 upon which to play, and by giving greater variety to the game.

I claim:

1. In a disc for the purpose set forth having a dished depression ineach face side thereof, the

depression in one of said sides having an annular inwardly extendingoverhang, said overhang being flush with the outer surface of said lastmentioned side.

2. In a disc for the purpose set forth having a dished depression inboth face sides thereof whereby is formed a web portion between saiddepressions, said web portion forming the bottom of said depressions,the outer margin of one of said depressions having an annular inwardly 7extending overhang spaced from said bottom.

